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Quest Design Director

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Your Mission

As the Quest Director you will recruit, lead, and mentor the members of a large and exciting design team. You will collaborate with a team of designers, engineers, artists, producers, and QA to carry quest design from initial pitch into final implementation.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Help express the story via excellent exploration, gameplay, and activities.
• Establish and drive a vision for what quest content will look like going into the future.
• Interface with other teams regarding quest implementation scope, quality, efficiency, and workflow.
• Manage, mentor, and evaluate a team of Quest Designers.
• Work with our recruiting partners and the other Lead Quest Designers to continue to grow the Quest Design team.
• Work with production and other leads to manage the quest schedule, to ensure the team can deliver high quality quests on time.
• Mentor team members through creating and iterating designs, and on implementation best practices.
• Collaborate with other discipline teams to create a cohesive game experience.
• Champion work / life balance for the Quest team.
• Serve as an active partner with the other Lead Quest Designers and in the design team’s leadership group.
• Promote, contribute to, and participate in our culture of inclusion and diversity.

Player Profile

• At least 5 years of quest content or outdoor world repeatable content experience. You’ve been responsible for designing significant chunks of game content from concept to completion.
• At least 2 years of experience managing others
• A strong desire to succeed through others by understanding their needs, advocating on their behalf, and providing support and guidance as required.
• Familiarity with questing and outdoor content.
• The ability to consider feedback from multiple conflicting viewpoints and provide design guidelines for teammates to make the best overall decision.
• Experience providing direction in the development of major features.
• The ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal format.